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...stop on the evangelist's tour of New England, one more evening in an endless stream of come-to-the-Lord nights for, barring the Pope, the most popular preacher on this planet. But his stream is not unchanging, every night has not been the same. The sermon he gave Wednesday was a stop too on an intellectual and ethical pilgrimage for Graham, a lifelong journey from what he was to what he will become...
...overt political themes of the Bible--what the Latin American theologians term God's "option for the oppressed"--is but one dimension of the radical message inherent in the Gospels, however. Even more, it is the disturbing, moving words of the Sermon on the Mount. "But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:441) that suggest a change in lifestyle and commitment more revolutionary than anything Mark ever imagined...
...undergraduate Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship are also showing increased interest in evangelical Christianity. Earlier this week, more than 100 Harvard students, including more than half of the Fellowship, helped at Graham's religious service in the Memorial Church by counseling participants in the service. Although Graham began his sermon by talking about an eventual, worldwide freeze on the production of nuclear weapons, most of the student counselors attended the service because of their commitment to evangelism and not necessarily out of agreement with Graham's political statements. Raymond Ortman '83, one of the student counselors, says that he volunteered...
Graham focuses on the Christian message first, making sure that his followers have realized the gospel he preaches, says Robert C. Williams, the assistant director of Graham's regional crusade committee. While he takes some political stands, they will serve as a jumping-off point for his Christian sermon. Williams explains that Graham's sermon. Williams explains that Graham's political positions are part of his Biblical attitude toward the world. "One of the reasons why we need to be concerned with the ways God uses people is the nuclear disarmament issue," Williams says...
During his Palm Sunday sermon in San Salvador's Metropolitan Cathedral, Monsignor Arturo Rivera y Damas spoke of "this resurrection that renews our hope that sooner or later our people too will be revived." At that very hour, a recently elected member of the new constituent assembly, David Joaquín Quinteros, 42, a father of five, died at the Policlinica Hospital a mile away. Quinteros, a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), had been abducted the night before as he left a restaurant. Two hours later, he was found in a garbage dump with bullets...